Supplemental cover for boxed goods.



J. F. FLAHERTY & C. GERLACH. SUPPLEMENTAL COVER FOR BOXED GOODS.APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, I912.

1, 1 44,326. Patented June 22, 1915.

THE NORRIS PETERS C0, PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. Cv

as cigars, from dirt and JA ES F. ELAHE TY AND crrAEL s eEELAcH, orPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, BY Es E ASSIGNMENTS, TO cAEEY &00., 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENN- sYLvANIA, A FIRM coMrEIsi e EDWARD REUKAUFAND EDWARD REUKAUF, JR.

SUPPLEMENTAL COVER FOR BOXED GOODS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed July is, 1912. Serial No. 710,248.

To all whom. it may concern."

Be'it known that we, JAMEs F. FLAHERTY and GHARLEs GERLAcH, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Supplemental Covers for Boxed Goods, ofwhich the following is a specification." I Y Our invention relates tocovers designed to protect thecontents ofboxed goods, such dust, andalso to prevent drying ofsuch goods; and the object of our invention isto provide a suitable supplemental lid or cover which will properlyinclose the top of the goods and be so connected to the usual box coverthat manipulation of the latter will serve to. raise the supplementallid. Such supplemental lid is of framed glass and is rigidly connectedwith the ordinary cover without, however, making any change in thelatter, and such supplemental cover is readily attachable and detachableto and from such box cover. These and other features of our inventionare more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of part of a cigar box, partly insection, showing our improved cover connected therewith; Fig. 2, is anend elevation of the hinge portion of the box; Fig. 3, is a similar endelevation showing the box cover tilted to raise the supplemental glasscover and permit access to the box; Fig. 4, is a plan view of a blankfrom which engaging clips carried by the supplemental cover may beformed; Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the finished clip be foreattachment to the frame of the supplemental cover, and Fig. 6, is a viewof a modified structure within the scope of our invention.

In the drawings, 1 represents a cigar or similar box for containinggoodsto be vended, and 2 a suitable metal frame, which may have flange 3fitting down over the front and sides of the box, and is grooved at 4 onall four inner sides to receive a sheet of trans parent material,preferably glass, indicated at 5; the whole forming a supplemental coveror lid. The frame is provided with means for attachment with the boxcover 6, comprising clips for engaging the ends of the same; said clipshaving portions 7 and and substantially air-tight so that 8 bent aroundto form substantially paralleling walls and providing guiding meanswhereby the supplemental cover may be con nected with the box cover; afoot portion 9 whereby the clips may be secured to the frame, and aportion 10 forming a rib which is bent up in the manner indicated andmay be secured to the wall 11 connecting the walls 7 and 8. The clipsmay be soldered-or brazed in place or' otherwise fastened to the frame.

The supplemental cover may be heavy enough .to hold the cigar box coverin the elevated position, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, of thedrawings, and such supplemental cover may be readily lifted bytiltingthe boxcover on its usual hinge, indicatedat 12, as indicated inFig. 3.

As will be noted, the clip is made of one piece, substantially in theform indicated in Fig. 4, which is bent on the dotted lines to the shapeshown in Fig. 5; the portion forming the rib 10 being then soldered orOthQlWlSG secured to the wall 11 of the clip before attachment to thesupplemental frame.

The flange 3 renders the cover dust-proof when employed with cigar boxesthe cigars will keep fresh and retain their desired moisture. Ifdesired, the flange may be omitted and in such instance the cover willfit between the end walls of the box as indicated in Fig. 6; the frontedge of the same lying on the front wall of the box.

In order that the supplemental cover structure may be employed as anadvertising or indicating device, we may place a plate 13 between theclips, as clearly indicated 'in Fig. 1, which plate may carry the nameof a cigar, for instance, together with its price, or the price alone,or any advertising matter or indicia. This plate could be formedintegral with the clips. In either instance, it serves as a spacer aswell as stifi'eningmeans for said clips.

Although we have referred to the use of glass as the transparentmaterial for the supplemental cover, it will be understood that anysuitable transparent material may be employed.

We claim:

1. The combination of a metal frame carrying a sheet of glass, and clipscarried by said frame for engagement With the ends of a box lid, saidclips comprising a pair of paralleling vertical Walls connected by anend "Wall, a horizontal portion at right angles to the vertical Wallsand permanently secured to the frame, and a stiffening rib,

bent up from the horizontal portion and connected to the vertical endWall. 2. Asupplemental cover for boxed goods,

cigars and the like, comprising a frame, up

standing clips rigidly fixed to said frame and disposed substantially atright angles thereto for engagement with the ends of a box lid, saidclips comprising paralleling vertical Walls connected by an end Wall anddesigned for engagement with and to support the box lid in a fixedposition with relation to the frame, and a transparent plate carriedbysaid frame and overlying the contents of the box. Y

3. The combination, in a display-cover for boxes having hinged lids, ofa metal frame grooved at its inner edges, a glass plate carried. by thegrooved portion of the frame, and clips rigidly connected to said frameand upstanding from the upper surface of the same for embracing theedges ofthe box, said clips serving to hold the lid in definite positionwith relation to the frame and rendering the 1am movable with Said lid'on its hinged connection with the box.

4:. Thecombination of a metal frame, a sheet of glass carried thereby,clips carried bysaid frame comprising connected paralleling Wallsverticallydisposed and adapted to embrace the ends of a boX lid, and astiffening, rib integral With said clip,-said rib beingbent up from aportion of the clip overlying the frame and secured to one of thevertical Walls of the same.

5. The combination.of av metal frame, a sheet of glass carried: thereby,clipscarried by said frame comprising paralleling Walls verticallydisposed and adapted; to embrace the endsof a-box lid stifi'eningribsintegral with saidolips and. securedito one ofthe vertical Wallsofthesame, and auplate connecting said clips and spacing andbracingthesame.

In testimony Whereof,'We have signed our names to this specification, inthepresence of tWo subscribingv Witnesses:

JAMES F.'FLAHERTY.

CHARLES GERLAGH.

Witnesses:

MURRAY 0. BoYER, JosaH. KLEIN:

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